Vulnerability · Published Nov 9, 2021 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2021-42026

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Mendix Applications using Mendix 8 from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mendix Applications using Mendix 8 (All versions < V8.18.13), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (All versions < V9.6.2). Applications built with affected versions of Mendix Studio Pro do not properly control read access for certain client actions. This could allow authenticated attackers to retrieve the changedDate attribute of arbitrary objects, even when they don't have read access to them.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens	Mendix Applications using Mendix 8	All versions < V8.18.13
Siemens	Mendix Applications using Mendix 9	All versions < V9.6.2

Weakness: CWE-863

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-779699.pdf x_refsource_MISC